Exeter Advocate, 1906-8-2, Page 3POWER FOR RIGIITEOUSNESS
Need of the World Is to Get Closer
to the Church
"Then drew near unto I-Iim all the
publicans and sinners for to hear
Hien."—Luke xv, 1.
That the church and the world are
drawing further apart is a common re-
mark.
Wo do not believe that the schism is
as wide' as many think, nor do we be -
tis
be-
lieve that i growing. The church
,
beyond all denial, is exerting a pro -
Tetrad influence upon the age, and the
world is no slower to -day than ever io
respect religion that bears the marks
of sincerity..
Nevertheless, it is true that there is
tar more of such an alienation than
there should be. Our text shows that
he case was not such with the founder
of the Christian religion. There was
nothing in His manner or words rr
life that repelled the multitude. But,
:says the inspired historian, "Then drew
.near unto Him all the publicans and
.sinners for to hear Ilim" And these
were the very ones who most needed
HIS DIVINE COUNSELS l
'Let us ask, then, why it is that the
church too often seems to fail in getting
.into suoh living touch with the world
as to transform it as it should. •
First, because of the attempt to secu-
larize its message. This is, the device
:of pulpit charlatans and sensaional-
'ists. In order to draw the world they
(pare off all the distinctive marks of the
1.church. They withdraw the claim of
.divine authority for its teachings..
They repudiate the supernatural in its
-origin and history. They sq care all. its
!-tenets with a narrow reason, so that
`there is left no sphere for the larger
1,exercise of faith. If the world wants
?anything it wants the real gospel, the
word of life.
Another reason, no doubt, is the fail-
;ure of church members to illustrate the
• !..religion they profess. Very true, the
,world is too exacting here. It forgets
'that church people may have many in.
HOME.
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TESTED RECIPES.
Bearnaise Sauce.—Beat the yolks of
two eggs very light, put into a round-
?bottomed
ound?bottomed saucepan, and set in one of
boiling water ; stir into it, a few drop4
-0. at a time, three tablespoonfuls of salad
oil, heating as you stir ; then, as gra-
usually, the same quantity of boiling
water; next, one tablespoonful op
lemon juice, a. dash of cayenne and
salt. It is served with all sorts of
fish, also with chops, cutlets, and
steaks.
Molasses Vinegar.—One pint of New
Orleans molasses stirred into a quart
of rain water. Tie mosquito netting
over the open crock (earthenware) con-
taining the mixture to exclude dust
and set in a warm closet by night, in
a sunny window by day. It should be•
sour fn a fortnight. Strain and
bottle.
New Potatoes. -It very young, rub
the skin off with a rough towel. If al-
most ripe, scrape with a 'blunt knife.
Lay in cold water an'hour, cover with
cold water slightly salted, boil half an
hour. Drain, salt and dry for 2 or 3
minutes. Send to the table plain. Or
you may crack each by pressing lightly
upon it with the back of a wooden
spoon ; lay them In a deep dish and
pour over them a cup of cream or new
milk, heated to a boil, "in which a great
spoonful of butter has been dissolved.
Old Colonial Mead.—This delicious
old-fashioned beverage has the advan-
tage of many others in that it may be
prepared in quantities and be always
on • hand. If you have not dried and
prepared your own sassafras roots,
they may be purchased from the drug-
gist. Scrape and cover with 2 quarts
of boiling water five bunches of the
roots, adding a generous pinch of
cinnamon and grated nutmeg. Cover
closely and simmer or boil slowly for
en hour. Strain through the cheese-
cloth and sur in 3 pints of Now Orleans
molasses, l% pints of strained honey,
and 6 whole cloves. Return to the fire
and allow to " simmer for 10 minutes,
again strain, add one heaping tea-
spoonful of cream of tartar, and when
cold seal in air -tight bottles. Serve in
tail -stemmed glasses with one table-
spoonful of shaved ice, a pinch of bak-
ing soda, and one teaspoonful of finely
minced candied orange peel. Only fill,
the glasses two-thirds full, as when
stirred the beverage will foam high.
Keep the bottled mead in an ice-cold,
dark place, so that when needed it may
be used immediately without having
to undergo a cooling process.
Fruit Punch with Ginger.—Mix to-
gether in a large bowl one -pared and
sliced cucumber, two oranges, and
three lemons. ' Sprinkle with one cup-
ful of sugar and halt a cupful of the
syrup from preserved ginger. Make a
sugar and woter syrup, boiling it down
until . quite thick, add one cupful of it
to the mixture, and pour in two quarts
of ginger ale. In the glass punch-
bowl place a block of crystal-clear ice.
Pour over it the effervescing punch and
serve at Once.. On top of the punch in
the bowl float thin slices of the pre-
served
ro-served ginger and candied cherries cut
in halves.
Velvet Milk. Sherbet,, -Scald one pint
Of milk, add one cupful of sugar, and
stir until dissolved; set away to cool.
Pack Use freezer and pour the milk into
the :Calf• and let stand until ice-cold----
say
oe-cold—say 5 minutes—then add the strained
juice of 3 lemons. Turn the handle un-
til the sherbet is quite thick, then add
the whites of two eggs whipped stiff
and dry with a cupful of powdered
Lugar. Stir into the freezing mixture,
repack, and set /sway for two hours to
and in many respects
show the same weaknesses as others.
and yet be sincerely pious.
Still, religion must radically change
the nature. It must make one .a new
creature. It must give one a new mas-
ter motive. And when the church docs
not show itself a nursing mother of the
graces of love and humility and un-
selfishness and brotherhood the world
has a right to question its claims.
A. third and chief reason for too fre-
quent alienations is an incorrect and
unjust presentation of religion. To
many spheres of life which the world
rightly regards as innocent the church
is often made to lake
A HOSTILE ATTITUDE.
Achasm is forced between piety and
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the ordinary ways o! life. Temperance
is confounded with abstinence. Liberty
is labeled with the tag of license. The
spiritual life is divorced from the na-
tural. To corn° to the church men are
asked to deny what is justified by their
common sense. One-sided religionists
overlook the fact that a man life,
legi-
timately love and enjoy ,
beauty, pleasure, without loving God
the less, but only the more, truly
do these austere notions
represent the historic church. In her
true, worldwide character she has al-
ways been characterized by broad,
liberal, rational and joyous concep-
tions of that piety w'aich is pleasing to
God, who is love, and who es a Father
rejoices :in the happiness of His chil-
dren.
Let, then, "the children of tight be
wise in their generation" toward the
worldly and unsaved, And let the
world abandon its misconceptions and
prejudices as to genuine piety and, the
world and the church meeting together,
religion will . prove to be that benign
power for righteousness, joy and; son -
ship of God which it was meant to be
by its eternal Author.
ripen. The ` sherbet is a delicious
"coolness to serve to callers on a
warm afternoon. with the accompani-
ment of a piece of angel cake, the top
frosted with a sprinkling of chopped
nuts mixed in.
Rice Soup.—Put half a cup of rice
over the fire with a quart or more of
cold water ; let heat quickly to the
boiling point, then dram and rinse in
cold water. Arid the rife to two and
one-half quarts of chicken or veal
broth seasoned with an onion, a car-
rot, and a "soup bag." Let cook until
the rice is tender, then pass the whole
through a very fine sieve. Reheat, add
one teaspoon of salt three dashes of
pepper, a pint of hot milk (cream is
better), and, little by little, stir in two
tablespoons of butter. Take a small
quantity of the cooked asparagus
which is to be served In the vegetable
course and add the tips to the soup.
This quantity: of soup will serve eight
,, dinner or luncheon, and is one of
Mrs. Hill's fine recipes.
New Beet and Bermuda Onion Salad.
—Slice, crosswise, two peeled Bermuda
onions as thin as ` possible, sprinkle
lightly with salt (a teaspoon of salt to
two moderate-sized onions) anct pour
over a little vinegar. Let stand in a
cold place about an hour. Cook three red
beets until tender plunge them in cold
water to remove The skins (by rubbing
the skins will slip off readily), then
cut beets in thin slices and the slices in
narrow strips. When cold put the
beets into a bowl with the drained
onions, sprinkle with a sallspoon of
salt and three dashes of paprika, and
pour over four or five teaspoons of oil.
Toss and mix thoroughly, adding more
oil if necessary to coat the whole. Then
add about two tablespoons of vinegar,
and mix again. Serve on a bed of let-
tuce leaves carefully washed and dried.
HINTS FOR THE HOME.
paste with cold water and then the
wound bound over with soft lint. For
adults we recommend the application
of hartshorn or ammonia just on the
spot where the sting vas sent • in.
Those in good Health need never fear
the sting of either wasps or bees, for
the nasty sharp stab can be alleviated
by either of these remedies in a short
time, '
Remedy for Damp Waits..—•Dissolve
six Ounces of mottled soap in two
quarts of water. Carefully lay this
composition over the brick -work with
a large flat brush. This must not
lather on the surface. • Leave •for
twenty-four hours to settle.. Mix a
quarter of .a pound of alum with two
gallons of water, allow it twenty-four
hours to settle; then apply it in the
same manner over the soap mixture.
This process should be carried out in
dry weather. Before applying the per-
manent wallepaper, cover the damp
patch with some brown paper and let
it dry for a couple of days,
NOT TO BE TAKEN WITH. SALT.
Salt used in sweeping carpets will
keep out moths.
Added to a bucket of water salt aids
as a fire extinguisher.
Salt and vinegar will remove stains
from discolored teacups.
A teaspoonful of salt in the lamp
causes Kerosene oil to givea brighter
light:
Salt in the oven under baking -tins
will prevent their scorching on the bot-
tom.
Salt thrown on soot which has fallen
on the carpet will prevent it making a
stain.
New calicoes soaked fn a strong
solution of salt and water for an hour
will retain their colors better.
For Soups.—Cut cucumbers in thin
slices. .fry it, and add to the soup in
the tureen.
When cooking a leg of mutton the in-
troduction of a clove of garlic will he
found a great improvement by (hone
who dike savoury dishes.
Meat that has begun to turn may be
quite restored by washing it in water
in which a teaspoonful of borax has
been dissolved, shaving at first cut
away every part'the least bit tainted or
discolored.
Carpets should be beaten on the
wrong side first and afterwards more
gently on the right. Never put down
a carpet on a damp floor, for this often
results in the carpet becoming moth-
eaten.
Cheese is more easily digested when
cooked that when eaten uncooked. If
grated and added to melted bitter it
makes an excellent sauce to be' served
with macaroni, vegetables, or boiled
fish.
To eradicate weeds of all sorts take rf
sulphur one pound, ditto of lhne, and
dissolve in two gallons of water. Pour
this liquid on the weeds and it will de-
stroy them.
How to Color Laos Curtains.—When
the curtains are nicely washed, rinse
in cold water and squeeze perfectly
dry. Plunge into water that has been
tinged with coffee. For this purpose
the coffee must be strained through
double muslin.
For split seams on mackintosh use
this cement. Dissolve some fine shreds
of pure indiarubber in naptha or sul-
phide of carbon, to form a stiff paste.
Apply a little of the cement to each
edge that is to bo joined, bring the
edges together, and place a weight
over them' till they are hard.
Wasp Stings.=The ordinary old-
fashioned remedy of the blue bag is not
►,o be recommended, for the blob bag
has probably been lying about in the'
dust and beeeme microbe laden, ete.
For tender skin we advise the use of a
little carbonate of soda made Into a
PACKING DON'TS.
Don't pack clothesin a trunk which
has not been used for some tinie with-
out airing the latter; it may have been
lying in a damp corner. Don't start
packing before you have collected to-
gether all the things required, -else you
may, at the last moment, be obliged to
squeeze some heavy article in the top
of the trunk, and thus crush lighter
articles. Don't forget that a dress bo-
dice or blouse must have the sleeves
stuffed with soft paper, and any crush-
able trimmings, such as lace or chif-
fon should be stuffed out with rolled -
up tissue -paper; otherwise all the
freshness will be gone when brought
to light again.
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A WOMAN'S INVENTION.
the Wife of an , English !Manufac-
turer Discovered • Blue Paper.
How
-.4`A. woman," said a paper maker, "in-
vented blue paper. It was by accident
that she did it, though. Before her
time all paper was white.
"She was the wife of William Eastes,
one of the leading paper makers of
England, in the eighteenth century. In
passing through the paper plant one
day she dropped a big blue bag into a
vat, of pulp. Bastes was a stern chap,
and so, since no one had seen the acci-
dent Mrs. Eastes decided to say no-
thing about it.
"The paper in the vat, which should
have ben white, came out blue. The
workmen were mystified, Eases en-
raged, while Mrs. Easter kept quiet. The
upshot was that the paper was sent to
London, marked "damaged," to be sold
for whatever it would. bring.
"The selling agent in London was
shrewd. He saw that this blue tinted
paper was attractive. ]:3e declared it
to be a wonderful new invention, and
he sold it off like hot cakes at double
the white paper's price.
"Bastes soon received an order for
more of the: blue paper—an order that
he and his men wasted several days in
trying vainly to fill.
"Then Mrs. Eastes came forward and
told the story of the blue cloth bag.
There was no difficulty after that in
snaking the blue paper. This paper's
price remained very high, Eastes having
a monopoly in making it."
CONSUMPTION IN FRANCE
APPALLING DIATII RATE IN THE
GI'I'IEs AND TOWNS,
A Proportion of 39 Out of Every Ten
Thousand --- Laundry Workers
and Bakers Suffer Most.
A report just received at the Depart-
merit of Commerce and Labor from Con -
outer ..Clerk Augustus E. Ingram, sta-
tioned at Paris, contains the statement
that 150,000 persons die each year In
France from tuberculosis. This rep-
resents 89 deaths out of every 10,000 in-
habitants. This appaling death roll, it
is reported by Mr. Ingram, has led to
a oritioal examination of French vital
statistics, and many interesting facts
have been brought out showing the
basis on which these statistics have
been established,
Definite information was received
from only 712 cities and towns having
a population of more than 5,000 inhabi-
tants, making a total of 12,000,000 in-
habitants, among whom the mortality
from tuberculosis amounted to 42,000 a
year. This has served as a caloulation
for the rest 'of the country, and to it is
added the deaths from
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
(approximately 50,000), making in this
way a total 01 150,000 deaths from tub-
erculosis.
Prof. Albert Robin .has' established
from the statistics of 1901, 1902, and
1903 that tuberculosis increases in an
almost regular proportion to the density
of population. In Paris, for example,
the percentage of . deaths from tubercul-
osis is 45.2; in cities if 100,000 to 492,-
000 population, 34.4 per cent.; in cities
Of 20,000 to 30,000 inhabitants, 30.8 per
cent.; in cities of 5,000 to 10,000, 23.4 per
cent., and in cities of 1,000 to 5,000, 204
per cent.
Tho question of the effect of certain
occupations on this disease has been
carefully investigated in France. It
was found that those trades that bring
persons into contact with dust are es-
pecially dangerous. Enquiries among
policemen, postal employes, and laun-
dry workers revealed a disastrous con-
dition of affairs. Among 257 workmen
carefully kept under observation, con-
sisting of carpenters, joiners, floor -lay-
ers, and packers, all living under prac-
tically the same conditions, the mor-
tality from tuberculosis amounted to
more than 30 per cent. Laundry work-
ers, however, were found to be the most
seriously affected. In some neighbor-
hoods the mortality
AMONG LAUNDRY WORKERS
AN OUTSIDE OPINION.
A. man walked into a grocer's shop
and handed to '111e assistant a paper
containing some white powder.
"I say,' he asked, "what do you
think that is ? Just taste it and tell me
your opinion."
- The grocer then • smelled it, then
touched it with his tongue.
"Well, I should say that was soda."
"That's just what I say," was the tri-
umphant reply. "But my wife said it
was rat poison. You might try it again
to make sure."
A. man isn't nee sarily athletic Le -
cause he jumps at conclusions.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Less
from tuberculosis reached the total rf
75 per cent. So deadly is the handling
of indiscriminate soiled linen that young
women succumb after an average cf
15 years, while nen last from 18 to 22
years..
The Paris bakers, a few years ago,
formed an organization for the improve-
ment of the unsanitary conditions un-
der which they have to work. It Is as-
serted authoritatively that despite the
Government inspection of bakeries and
the modern hygenic apparatus, 440,000
out of 400,000 bakers in Paris, France,
suffer with tuberculoses.
The campaign against tuberculosis in
France has assumed such national im-
portance that the Academy of Medicine
at Paris has during the past three
months ben discussing the necessity for
the compulsory declaration of cases of
tuberculosis by the doctors in attend-
ance, but this has met with a storm of
opposition, it being contended that there-
by the large army of consumptives would
be deprived of means of support, since
no one would then knowingly employ
them.
It has been suggested that school cbil
dren suffering from this disease should
carry a booklet reporting the progress
of their physical condition, so that tee
teacher could separate the unhealthy
frons the healthy.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
AUG. 5.
n VI. False Pretences. Golden
Text: Luke 14. It
THE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Note.—The text of the Revised Version
is used as a basis for these Word
Studies,
Two Similar Parables,—The Parable
of the Great Supper, which 1orrns the
text of this lesson, is part of the con-
versation of Jesus at the Pharisee's
table, • the first portion of which we
studied in last Sunday's lesson. This
visit to the home of one of the chiefs of
the Pharisees belongs, aswe noted in
our last lesson, to the period of the
Perean ministry, probably some months
prior to the final arrival of Jesus at
Jerusalem, just preceding the last week.
of his life. Later, at the time -of ' his
final great struggle with the authori-
ties in the capital ally, on the eve of his
passion, Jesus spoke another parable
very similar to this one, namely, the
Parable of the Royal Marriage Feast
(Matt. 22. 1-10). The parable in Mat-
thew is a oornment bf Jesus on an at-
tempt to arrest him, and tells of rebel-
lious subjects of a great king put to
death for insulting and killing their
sovereign's messengers ; the parable in
our present lesson is a comment of
Jesus on a remark made by another
guest at the Pharisee's table and tells
of persons who, through indifference,
forfeit the good likings to which they
have been invited. It is less severe in
tone than the former, and even in the
parts which are common to both there
is little similarity of wording. To iden-
tify the two as some have attempted to
do is a great mistake.
Verse 15, Sat at meat—Reclined at
supper (compare Word Studies for
July 29).
16. But he said—Commenting 05 the
words spoken by a fellow guest, Jesus
points out the condition under which
the blessedness to which reference has
been made rosy be secured.
,.He bade many—Probably sent out
a general announcement of the prospec-
tive event to his friends.
17. Sent forth his servant at supper
time—In harmony with an ancient
Oriental custom, a second special invi-
tation was sent out to the invited
guests as the hour for the festive occa-
sion approached. To omit this second
summons would be a grievous breach
of etiquette on the part of the host ; to
refuse the second invitation after hav-
ing excused oneself at the time of re-
ceiving the first, would be an insult to
the -host, equivalent among Arab tribes
of to -day to a declaration of war.
18. And they all with one consent be-
gan -The choice of words, and their
arrangement in the original, leads one
naturally to expect an aflirmatory
answer of cordial acceptance. The
word to make excuse, therefore; comes
to an unexpected• disappointment, and
greatly heightens the effect of the nar-
rative at this point.
Go out and see it—Interest m a newly
acquired possession of value is often
greater than interest in friends or any
other matter.
19. I go to prove them—Not that they
had not been tested before being pur-
chased, but because of that same inter-
est in that which has been newly- ac-
quired referred to above. Doubtless for
several days the pian went "to prove
them" every day.
20. I cannot cense—The third guest is
less courteous than the others. We are
to think not simply of three men who
failed to respond to the invitation but
rather of these three as typical of a.
larger nunnber.
21. Go out quickly—There is to be no
delay to accommodate guests who are
not prepared to come at once.
Streets and lanes -In the Greek the
two words here used apply specifically
to the public thoroughfares of a city.
The poor and maimed, and blind and
lame—Persons who according to cus-
tom would be invited anyway. There
are many instances in the New Testa-
ment illustrating the custom of admit-
ting people from the streets into the
festive hall on such occasions.
22. What thou didst command is
done—Is done already. Apparently the
invitation had already been extended
to them and they were now in wait
Yet there is room The number of
this poorer class of people was doubt-
less much greater than that of the first
class which had refused the invitation,
but still there is room for others.
23. 1 -highways and hedges — Two
words which in Greek indicate public
thoroughfares outside of cities. •
The gospel invitation was given first to
the Jews but afterward also to the
Gentiles. It is intended for all men
without distinction of class or ran.
Constrain—Persuade, urge.
24. None of those men that were
bidden shall taste of my supper—Like
the .foolish virgins, these men, if They
come at es late hour. will find the door
already shut, and their opportunity
gone forever.
COMPANIONSHIP.
Mother : "You mustn't play with that
little boy."
Tommy , "Well can I fight with
hint ?"
PAPER HANDIKEBCHIEFS
have also been proposed for distribu-
tion, but their use, French physicians
declare, would be undesirable, if not
dangerous, unless the handkerchiefs
were systematically collected and de-
stroyed. The Minister of Education has
recently isued an order that inasmuch
as the permanent commission for pro-
tection against tuberculosis had learned
that recent investigations had shown
that in certain countries 60 to 80 per
cent. of the cattle were affected with
tuberculosis, all milk consumed in board-
ing schools should be pasteurized, boil-
ed or sterilized.
The Tuberculosis Commission has
been examining o cuspidor . invented
by M. Fournier. It is of cheap construc-
tion and needs no clearing or touching
by hand. It consists of a cardboard
cylinder rendered water -proof, contain -
ON TOE jrr
ConchIctor.-We're due 1byt at four o'clockMrs. O"To1e—An phw , s()evvez get there?
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ARTISTC GOWNS.
Cotton voile in artistic patterns is 4
fabric which is put into some of the
prettiest of ready made wear. For in-
stance, gowns buttoning in the back and
attached by means of a belt into one
piece in a voile which can be bought
for 25 and 30 cents the yard. The new.
gingham of zephyr thinness, if not if
zephyr fineness, is seen in little: fine
checked blue and white patterns with
a mercerized spot embroidered in. Their
coloring is lovely both in blue and white,
blue' and pinta, and blue and lavenders,
and they are prettily effective when
made into a little one piece gown with
white mull guimpe and a team of black
velvet ribbon.
There are two ways of cutting the
guimpe gown, one being with puffed
sleeves and square or round cutout,.
and the other without sleeves at all and
the. large armhole that shows some of
the white guiinpo and its trimming in.
half moon shape around the arm, giv-
ing something the effect of a bolero.
These are pretty, especially where some
pains is taken to elaborate the guimpe.
By the way, all of these dresses this
year are made with the guimpe .sewed
in instead of being a separate waist, and
once •tutted there is no question but that
they stay placed better.
An extremely pretty veiling dress was
cut as described with a Wide shallow
neck opening. It was an extra light
gray in the cotton voile with a simple
little dot. The prettiest part was the
contrast with the yoke and puffed sleeves
which were in cream mull with rather
yellowish looking lace. The dress ;s
made one piece, the top and shirt being
joined together by two bias strips of the
material fitted around the waist and
joined by a little beading of white cot-
ton openwork which is used to head the`
nun's folds. It is also the inch wide
hem of the material which finishes neck
and sleeve openings. Tne armhole
reaches down within two or three inches
of the belt line and the guimpe which
meets it has rows of the lace trimming
running around the sleeve seam. The
puff of the sleeve itself has horizontal
rows of the insertion which is nearly
inch wide imitation Val. There is an
edge to match which is sewed in rows
edging one another to farm the collar
and' the cuffs which come just above the
elbow are entirely of the lace edge. Two
rows of it are sewed together straight
and two more are gathered on this, giv-
ing the cuff flare and fullness.
A pretty example of these guimpe
gowns is shown in a gray shadow voile
with little gray flower figure. Three
rows of gray velvet ribbon a couple :,f
inches wide . are put around the skirt
far apart, and each headed 'with a nar-
row piece to correspond. A white Ir-
ish embroidery square yoke with little
insets of the same in the extremely shot
voile sleeves are put in, and back and
forth over them is worked a little lattice
of the narrow gray velvet ribbon.
Lavender and white or blue and white
striped chambray of the kind has beau-
tiful possibilities. The waists are made
up with stripe running bias and around
s little yoke of all over embroidery. The
short sleeves are pretty if made mutton
leg, the inner seam being short, and
smooth, and curved, and set well for-
ward in the armhole so as to pitch the
fullness toward the back. The stripe al-
so should run up and away from the
seam. There is an undersleeve of the
embroidered, mull fitted tight and just
-covering the elbow. It shows to the
length of a cuff. The same stuff is used
for the yoke and white pique is shaped
into a sort of little bertha finish which
turns down around it. It is cut with
a strip running down the centre upon
which are large buttons covered with
white linen in the middle and the rim
covered with blue or lavender, as the
case may be.
These buttons can be had made now
in the two materials, as they were once
in the one. Another little point to re-
member is that the kind of allover which
conies without holes or open work, but
which has a rather sparse pattern work-
ed upon a fine mull ground is the one
preferred.
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ing some pulverized peat impregnated
with some hygroscopic and antiseptic
substances. This receptacle is provided
with a lid, which rises on pressure of a
small hand lever or foot pedal, and, thus
nothing objectionable is in sight, no
dust can come from It and flies cannot
enter it.
The French State Department o! Pub-
lic Charities, regarding this struggle
against tuberculosis as a national and
social duty, is considering the este)).
lishinent of special hospitals for tuber -
mitosis patients, both in Paris and
throughout the country, where such pa-
tients oan be properly treated and special
treatment given them.
EULOGY OF GLUE.
What is it that will mend a dish?
Glue.
What is it that will choke a fish?
Glue. -
What is it that would make no hit
With you should you sit down on it,
And might cause you to have a fit?
Glue.
What is it that we should not eat?
Glue.
Nor wear in shoes to ease the feet?
Glue.
What is it which, if we should chew,
Would very likely make us blue
And maize our loose teeth all skidoo ?
Glue.
THE INNOCENT OFFICE BOY.
Charles Philpotts is a member of a
firm of London solicitors. Iiis partners
always call him Charlie, and the
clerics, in his absence, call him Charlie,
too.
A new ofiloe boy had noticed this
familiar use of Mr. Philpotts' name.
One day one of the partners said to
the boy :
"Telephone, to the theatre for two
seats for 'Clharley's Aunt,' please."
Tho boy hesitated. He blushed. The
he asked nervously:
"I3adn't I better say `Mr. Philpotts'
aunt,' sir?"
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COMPRESSED AIR ON RAILWAYS.
A novel use of compressed air is
made by railway companies in tho
Southern Mates. When the loads of
cotton are being taken to the coast
there is always danger ,of their be-
coming damaged through sparks frena
the locomotives. To prevent this the
1o0o11Qtive boilers are filled with coria -
pressed elf, A. trainload of several. -
thousand bales of r tt ii con be hauled
by these Locomotives at a•tc %^
twelve miles an hour, although no fire
whatever is used in working diens,